It was Team Finland that got in the way of Jack Hughes and Team USA in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2018, and it was Team Finland that got in the way of Hughes and Team USA in the U20 World Juniors — on a late third-period goal by Kaapo Kakko,
The game was still a week away, but Jesper Bratt couldn’t help already thinking about it. With the Team Sweden-USA matchup set for Monday night at TD Garden in Boston to close out round-robin play of the 4 Nations Face-Off,
That was definitely number one for me, in terms of international hockey,” Hughes explained. “I feel like I’ve been in some pretty cool games but that was something different. I think it was a lot of built up energy over the years of no (best-on-best) international hockey.
Hughes put up an assist in Thursday's 6-1 by Team USA over Finland in Montreal. He got a secondary assist in Jake Guentzel's third period goal that pushed the score to 4-1. Hughes didn't stand out Thursday,
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The 4 Nations Face-Off is taking place Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston. The Devils have three players taking part in the tournament: Jack Hughes (USA), Jesper Bratt (Sweden), and Erik Haula (Finland).
Timo Meier beat Alex Nedeljkovic in the seventh round of a shootout to lift the New Jersey Devils past the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Jack Hughes scored twice for the Devils. Nico Daws stopped 25 shots in overtime and regulation then turned away five of the seven Penguins he faced in
As players and fans patiently waited for the return of best-on-best hockey, USA Hockey had been cultivating some of the game's biggest stars. The list keeps getting longer each year and Devils star forward Jack Hughes is certainly among them.
One of Thursday's helpers came on the power play, where 32 of his 79 points have come. That makes Kucherov the top power-play producer in the NHL and by a wide margin -- Jack Hughes is next most-prolific point getter with the man advantage with 26.
Daws stopped 25 shots in regulation and overtime and five of seven shootout attempts in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Penguins. The Devils took a 2-0 lead midway through the second period on Jack Hughes' second goal of the night,
Bratt collected two assists in Tuesday's 3-2 shootout win over the Penguins. He helped set up both of Jack Hughes' tallies in regulation, but it ended up taking seven shootout rounds before New Jersey was able to escape Pittsburgh with the victory.
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